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Barron was named college football's best defensive back in 2024, becoming only the third Longhorn to win the Jim Thorpe Award ...
A massive brush fire that started over the weekend near Jim Thorpe continues to burn Monday, as crews worked to keep the blaze away from a residential neighborhood. Wesley Robinson, spokesperson ...
JIM THORPE, Pa. — It's an around the clock effort by crews from the Bureau of Forestry to get the wildfire on Bear Mountain under control. The fire in the Jim Thorpe area sparked saturday afternoon.
The Packerton Fire, which is also known as the Jim Thorpe Fire or Bear Mountain Fire, set 426 acres ablaze and is 15% contained, according to USA TODAY's wildfire data. The fire is burning east of ...
JIM THORPE, Pa. — Smoke and Fire. That's been the reality of life around Jim Thorpe since Saturday afternoon when a brush fire started burning on Bear Mountain just southeast of the town ...